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v j l a t j r tif t r fy v mwmm leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps vol 53 no 21 stouffville ont thursday october 15 1942 eight pages a town benefactor dr walter sangster is honored in death mourned by all cltucns this coun try doctor leaves behind scores of unforgottcn deeds of kind ncss and generosity although his professional services to the district and his public gener osity and help virtually ceased over two years ago- when he suffered a nervous breakdown the death of dr walter sangster at his home in town early thursday morning came as a profound shock he had never re gained his old buoyancy over the past two years yet he did come down town for the morning mail and made his last visit to the office of this paper just the morning be fore he died he seemed if any thing slightly brighter than usual about 430 en thursday morning he was seized with a heart attack and passed away an hour later while the doctor was with him in his 7sth year dr walter sang ster was born in whitchuich town ship near lincolnville a son of mr robert sangster who came from england in 1s41 and who operated a farm and a mill until he retired in stouffville in 18s5 he was the father ct a profes sional quintette for his fivs sons all followed the professions walter w educated at toronto umveisity and had the honor of being the only one in his class in medicine of 150 stu dents to receive fustclass honors on graduating in 1s91 he establish ed the market drug stoie but he sold out the next year and took post graduate work for three months in new york he leturned to town and practised here ever since until his health broke two years ago he was piesident of the libel al association of this town for many yeais and it was said of him that he could sway the whole electorate and there is no doubt but that he -rv- r tn late dr avalter sangster lived here 70 years mrs d latchford dead native of ballantrae and a resident of stoufrville for seventy yeais mis david latchfoid died at her home here on wednesday morning she was s2 years of age on the fiist day of september last and has been m failing health for some time the funeral this fiiday afternoon will be from her late home at 230 oclock interment in stouffville cemetery junior band to give concert next week under the sponsorship of the stouffville lions club and the stouff ville junior band committee the band will hold a concert in ratcliffs hall here next thursday evening oct 22nd in addition to group numbers by the band and other numbers by the entire organization the chansonettes of toronto vocal medalists and prize winners will render several selec tions a shoit war film one half hour duration will also be shewn and two lucky prizes will be given away valued at 15 the entire proceeds will go to the upkeep of cur band who are in need of the generous support of all citi zens tickets are now on sale at 25c and children will be admitted at th6 door en the night of the show for 15c program commences at stla battle scars serious not a letter received this week by his paients mr and mis floyd fairies indicates that sergt pilot leland thoroughly enjojed a- political battle fairies is recovering nicely from his back in the old days when persons j first brusli with ithe enemy over had to be grit or tory otherwise england arriving in the old land they were scarcely respected it was only five days before it appears no wonder that dr sangster possess- 1 that leland figuied in some sort of ed great political influence he was j skirmish for his plane came down up against a tree although not out of contiol lelands censured letter described the fiay as a bit of a bump he wrote from his hospital bed and repoited leg and face injuries requiring stitches a man who practised charity as few otheis did the poor had no fear if they could not pay for they got service at his hands but seldom an account he made- no profession of religion and attended no church but it remained for a founer mbc minister to say that this man had religion he was known to have read the sciiptuies to patients and to have remained all night to comfort them when his own aged mother was critically ill it was his idea to sleep in the sick room in older that he might minister to her every hour of scene of aveiy pretty wedding on the night if the need arose and october 10th when olive roberta what he did for his own mother he never hesitated to do for anyone pretty saturday wedding here the home of mr and mrs rruce johnson whitchurch was the in distress he served the village as a coun cillor for years and as leeve for five terms 19067 and in 19141516 perhaps one of his greatest public youngest daughter of mr and mrs robert johnson became the bride of harold gordon boad- way eldest son of mr and mrs paul boadway the marriage was solemnized under an arch of evergreens and feats was his participation in bring- caa lilies by rev norman mcleod ing a domestic water supply to the brampton uncle of the bride village in connection with his colle- wedding music was played by ague mr j h ratcliff our present miss dorothea boadway sister of the system stands as a monument to both groom the bride given in marriage these men for had it not been for dv her father was attired in their determination and foresight powder blue street length dress we might never have enjoyed the with nav accessories and wore a domestic water service with all its corsage of red roses mrs muriel advantages that is ours at this time l bridesmaid wore a matching dr sangster gave to stouffville powder blue dress with navy the southern end ot the park pro- accessories and wore a corsage of perty which added to the park area roses at a time when there was great de- the groomsman was theodore mand for soft ball diamonds it also boadway brother of the groom provided a piece of theooded pro- the brides mother was dressed pirty that is a prized part of our ln a town crepe dress with match- park today accessories and the grooms he was always found on the side of wore rose crede wlth na advancement when it came to pro- accessories moting the towns welfare just as a reception was held attended by jie did when the water workswas in- thirty guests stalled over 40 years ago he took mlss hazel brander miss phylis an advanced stand on bringing the and miss isabel plemming pavement to townln 1930 and stood churns- of the bride served behind the promoters at that time after a short honeymoon the no good work of a charitable nature coudle wl reslde in hanover or no subscription list ever passed where the groom is assistant pastor by him without getting a boost his ot the mbc church religion might well be said to have the brlde travelled in a tailored death calls john ferguson city farmer john ferguson president and managing director of the x oriental carpet manufacturers canada limited died on thursday at his farm lesidence after a heait attack on the 7th con of markham at lot 24 mr ferguson was considered an outstanding expert in the carpet industry in canada he came from england moie than thirty years ago to establish the business of which he was head and which is located on wellington street tor- onto he was a native of england and was a veteran of the first gieat war serving overseas with the royal canadian aitillery a lesident for many years of toronto he has commuted to his farm in markham daily for the last eight years mr ferguson was a member of the national club the toronto board of trade the royal can adian yacht club the empire club and st philips anglican church unionville surviving are his widow edith hunter ferguson and thiee sons john donald and douglas who is training with the rcaf mrs rowbotham laid to rest a resident of this town for more than 35 years or since hei marriage in 1905 mrs leslie rowbotham succumbed to a fatal illness under which she had suffered for some time on thursday last october s in her 65th year her passing is a distinct loss not only in the home but to her church and within a wide circle of friends mrs row botham was the personification of kindness her place in the christian church work will be hard to fill as she was an untiring worker in its various womens departments born at altona her paients were elias reesor and his wife annie burkholder her only brother was the late barkis reesor while reeve william reesor of pickering is an uncle surviving besides a grief- stricken husband is one son donald the funeral on saturday aftei- noon fiom the late home next the bank of nova scotia to stouffville cemetery was very largely attended service was in charge of rev a b stein of newmarket a close friend of the family pallbeaiers included three representatives of the fire department of the village namely roy curtis everton smith and chief del jennings also capt percy stover morley barker and j k agnew friends of the family floral tiibutes were numeious and lovely accused freed on local theft charges last minute reminder the stouffville red cross organ ization which takes in stouffville and a portion of whitchurch twp will be packing boxes on thursday afternoon october 15th tor the hoys overseas boxes aie placed in the stores and any donations in these boxes or in money will be greatly appieciated miss margaret smith rn has taken a position at york county hospital newmarket over 5000 for whitchurch schools been wrapped up in charity and kind ness s surviving are two brothers frank who lived with the doctor in the old sangster home and dr albert sangster of cheboggan mich dr sangster was a bachelor the funeral service on saturday afternoon was taken by dr thos mitchell an old friend and the pall bearers were messrs harvey moycr levi forsyth f e rac t b rae dr s s ball dr e s barker in terment was made in stouffville cemetery i blue ies coat with matching accessor- bntth nesbitt at markham on october 11 1942 to mr and mrs murray nesbltt of stouff ville a daughter both doing well hood at brlerbush hospital stouffville on oct 10th 1942 to mr and mrs aylmer hood nee irowena taylor atha a daugh ter mr and mrs arthur steckley mr ernest ratcliff and miss helen ratcliff enjoyed a motor trip to the thanksgiving guests mr and mrs fred adams and daughter peggy jane also miss grace ratcliff kirkland lake were with mr and north bay district last week mrs jamei h ratcliff whitchurch school sections will be richer by 5015 when township treasurer john crawford disburses this amount as authorized by the council in session on saturday at vandorf under a lecent ruling of the dept of municipal affairs town ships holding clergy reserve funds must disburse them as the capital comes in from investments over the years whitchurch had conserved this fund and paid the interest to the sections the reason for making the sections spend the money is not clear the amount for each section varies according to attendance and runs up to a few hundred dollars and the trustees must decide on how the money is to be spent the national revenue dept ot tawa advised council that 7 per cent must be deducted and forwarded to them from any debentures the town ship is paying on so that the inter est holder will get that much less this would affect the holder of de bentures on ballantrae school an account from j m walton for 3750 premium on the collectors bond of 5000 was ordered paid four sheep claims totalling 81 were also settled dr c j devins lot 16 con 5 was compensated for the loss of six sheep killed by dog3 in a series of three raids chas den nie on the 7th concession will re ceive 10 for one animal killed by dogs at the same itime h bush was awarded 5 for killing a dog found chasing his cows verification of the killing was placed before the council x north york tlowmenb lassocia- tlon was granted 25 for their match to be held at iringwcod on october 28th on motion of deputy reeve leary and councillor eugene baker councillor lome evans moved that 60 be forwarded to the collec tor on his postage account for the bills shortly to be issued this was passed to date road expenditures paid total 10079 and a small number of accounts were ordered paid at this meeting p pattenden was told that he might have the work of operating a township snow plow on the same basis as last year mr pattenden was present and stated that he would be prepared to take on the operation mr harold hisey of toronto formerly of stouffville is attending western technical school hero of big raid on kiel this week sergt bruce boyd son of mr and mrs david boyd 9th con markham was described in over seas despatches this wednesday as one of the heroes of a mass attack on the chief german nav al base tuesday night sergt red boyd enlisted in january 1940 received his wings in sept 1941 and has been in england for a year allowed to go on kalse pre tense charge brought against him by the cromi the evidence of the two women in the case is not sufficient to prove you guilty so i discharge you from custody baid judge j ambrose shea in county criminal court on tuesday in acquitting frederick dudley of two charges of theft and one of attempted theft dudley was tried on a charge of stealing 105 from mrs katurah murrison s3 attempting to steal 500 from her and theft of 125 from mrs murrisons sister esther stouff- er 74 both women live on church street stouffville mrs murrison testified that dud ley obtained the 105 from her as fees and expenses for trying to sell bonds for her and the transfer of her bonds from her husband to her self as to the 500 she claimed that dudley by trickery got her to sign a cheque this was stopped the bank esther stouffer claimed that dudley received 125 from her with which to purchase a bond and that she got neither bond nor her money back dudley in defense claimed he had earned the money given him by mnmnjitv mrs murrison denied any trickery iuuxxiaih ujij trving t0 ob the 500 but the many friends of mrs wm sa m muirison had offered it as thompson laura obrien new- a loan and stated that the 125 ob- v market will be sorry to learn that tained from esther stouffer was a this former stouffvilleite is lying i f x2 months for which he critically ill m the western hos- had prepaid interest complainant pital toronto her condition was admitted receiving 500 from reported as low on monday but dudley at the time he received the since then she has rallied slightly money the evidence of both women sug gests that they gave the money free ly his honor remarked to dudley so i must accept it and acquit you norman borins appeared for the crown j j glass kc for the- defense we learn from the home in newmar ket on wednesday morning arrives in england pte bill mantle son of mis f campbell of lincolnville has arrived safely in england accord ing to a cable received last week bill is a member of the lome scots regiment a serious tuaebls falling about ten feet from off a ladder last week walter briard one door west of the public school fractured two ribs last week and sustained other injuries however this veteran is giadually getting about again des his affliction farm woman captured huge owl at musselmans v lake mrs john windsor of mussel- mons lake captured a gieat owl in the bush on her faim there one day last week and theieby established something of a record for dispos ing of such a huge bird without the aid of a gun or a man to help her when she came upon the rather fierce looking creature in the bush mrs windsor grabbed a club or stick and went right to bottle the bird put up a real fight but was somehow hampered or its attention distracted by a piece of fence wiie fastened to its one wing a few clouts over the head and the bird was stunned into submision it had a wing spread of five feet indicat ing that it was a large bird marriages stiver phillips on saturday october the 10th 1942 in the church of the epiph any toronto by reverend g s despard myrta ethel daughter of mrs phillips and the late mr john phillips to lloyd homer stiver son i of mr and mrs j l b stiver of unionville ontario christian conference next week greau4nterestis ueingccentred on the annual fall rally of the christian church conference to be held in bloomington church on wednesday next week october 21 the afternoon service at 230 is especially for women with mrs d c percy as speaker the evening- session is open to the public and will be addressed by both mr and mrs percy lecently returned from africa bruce lintner missing now prisoner of war wellknown markham udy dead markham village lost a well- known lady on oct 12 in the death of mary jane beare widow of the late james daniels in her sgth year four sons and one daughter survive chum who went overseas together both prisoners never was thanksgiving day more filled with the spirit of the occasion for mr and mrs edward lintner of this town than monday of this week they had just received a message from ottawa informing them of the fact that their son bruce was a prisoner of war in germany ever since the dieppe raid he had been reported missing and as the days dragged into weeks hopes began to fade and the parents were resigned to hear the worst then out of a dark sky on the eve of thanksgiving day the message came that the young lad is safe although a prisoner with his chum pte fred castle also a prisoner of war fie bruce lintner enlisted and went overseas with the royal regiment and the boys apparently went into action together and pcsslblcy fought beside each other now their address is camp stalag somewhere in ger many and their regimental num bers have- been changed but the respective parents have been furn ished with the new identification figures so that they may com municate with them attrived in england f jf madill dead left here in 1916 for some years an employee at the ratcliff store in stouffville and an uncle of mr o m madill altona merchant john f madill died in the wellesley hospital toronto last week his home was at 61 pendrith avenue mr madilk was born at brougham near pickering and has lived in toronto since 1918 for ten years he had a grocery on wood- bine ave north of danforth and more recently has been established on pendrith ave he was a member of the masonic order and the inde pendent order of oddfellows sur viving are his two brothers wlxon and s s madill both of toronto his wife predeceased him 15 years ago and he had no children mr and mrs james ratcliff and mr and mrs george t lee attend- ded the funeral from stouffville pte ralph cooper son of mr and mrs jos cooper i2d concession of uxbrldgc arrived in england a couple of days ago according to n cable received by the soldier hoys parents on thanksgiving day ralph joined the royal regiment two years ago last february and had been training steadily in canada up to the time of his departure surplus furniture sold for 700 saturday afternoon was a lovely day to be outside and it had some thing to do with the great crowd that wended their way to the jos cherry farm at gormley for- the auction sale of household furniture being sold because mrs cherry who is moving to barrie could not possi ble accommodate the goods from the big farm residence in her new city premises goods werebf an unusu ally high class and were in excellent condition which added to the soar ing prices an electric refrigerator bought five years ago and labelled hostess sold for 190 while find- lay cook stove that cost 75 a few years ago realized 80 at the sale the china cabinet was knocked down for 24 a marshall mattress ten years old but like new sold for 25 chesterfield suite 34 electric washer in use quite a number of years 3150 the sale totalled 700 which was high considering the fact that it was a surplus sale the lovely farm with its ssbstan- tlal brick dwelling has been sdto a man named chndwlck whi tomes from bayview avenue and who takes immediate possession- v